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United Airlines is considering Chicago and two other cities as sites to consolidate its pilot training centers.
The cost-saving move would combine pilot training done in Denver and Houston. Chicago is a third possible location. The airline has about 12,...

Los Angeles airport Executive Director Gina Marie Lindsey, who has overseen the ongoing modernization of LAX for almost eight years, announced Tuesday that she will retire effective this spring.
"This is an appropriate time for a transition," said...

For a second day in row, rough winter weather has forced airlines to cancel flights for hundreds of travelers going to and from the Midwest and New England.
Passengers headed in and out of Orlando International Airport were also impacted by the delays...

The winter storm up north was continuing to impact flights in and out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Tuesday morning, with 18 canceled flights and 27 delayed flights as of 8 a.m., airport officials said.
The cancellations involved...

President Barack Obama's outreach to Cuba is stoking a pent-up demand for travel to the once-forbidden island, boosting prospects for more flights from Florida airports and raising expectations that the policy of openness will lead to new cruise...

Azul, one of the largest airlines in Brazil, Monday started daily, nonstop flights to Orlando International Airport, making Central Florida its second destination in the United States.
The low-cost carrier was founded six years ago by former JetBlue CEO...

If the notion of almost 3 million fliers expected at Los Angeles International Airport has you in a panic, here are six ways to help you cope.
Passenger levels are forecast to spike to 200,000 on some days, particularly in the run-up to Christmas and...

JetBlue Airways will add more flights in 2015 to its growing operations at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Starting April 30, the New York carrier will begin once-daily nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Cleveland Hopkins...

A humanoid robot with a head, hands and feet and wearing stylish red sneakers boarded a flight for Germany at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, becoming what was billed as the first robot traveling as a paid passenger on an airline.
The...

A man fatally shot after authorities said he lunged at an officer with a knife outside an Ohio airport tried to kill his mother in 1999, according to court records released Friday.
Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed broke into his mother's house in Cleveland...